PSG secure Ligue 1 title with 6 games to spare after victory over Angers

Manager Luis Enrique has stated that Paris Saint-Germain are "motivated to try to finish the season unbeaten" after securing a fourth consecutive Ligue 1 title.

PSG only needed a draw at home against Angers to confirm an unassailable lead over second-placed Monaco.

However, teenage winger Désiré Doué's stunning 55th-minute volley from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's cross sealed all three points for PSG at the Parc des Princes, ensuring the win against his hometown club.

If PSG manage to avoid defeat in their remaining six matches, they would become only the seventh team from Europe's top five leagues to complete an entire league season unbeaten. They would join the ranks of Bayer Leverkusen (2024), Juventus (2012), Arsenal (2004), AC Milan (1992), Perugia (1979), and Preston North End (1889).

Luis Enrique's side are also closing in on Nantes' Ligue 1 record of 32 unbeaten games from the start of the 1994-95 season, but the manager is determined to go the distance.

"Nobody has done that in France before, so that’s something we want to achieve," Enrique said. "That would help us in the Champions League and the Coupe de France."

"Celebrating a title in early April shows that we’ve reached a very high level this season. We’ve achieved this target, but we have more games to play."

PSG will face Aston Villa for a spot in the Champions League semi-finals after overcoming Liverpool in the last 16, while they also have a Coupe de France final against Reims at the end of May.

Gonçalo Ramos and Vitinha both came close to scoring in the first half against Angers, before Doué's clinical finish secured PSG’s 11th title in the past 13 seasons and their 13th top-flight crown overall.

"It’s crazy, I’m very happy," said captain Marquinhos, speaking to beIN Sports. "The titles will remain in history. We have the ambition to win everything. When we don’t win the French championship, it hurts. That has happened to me twice."

"The team deserves to win. It’s in our DNA to give everything on the field, to have an aggressive philosophy, to sweat for the jersey in every match, no matter the opponent. It’s nice to see the supporters happy."

With a 26-point lead over Monaco, this is only the third time a team has won Ligue 1 with so many matches left to play. Laurent Blanc's PSG side triumphed with eight to go in 2016 and Lyon achieved the same with six games remaining in 2007.

Blanc's PSG team won the league in mid-March nine years ago, making them the only outfit to clinch the title earlier in the calendar year than Enrique's current vintage.

PSG may have lost major names such as Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe in recent seasons, but a more measured approach in the transfer market – which has seen them bring in Doue, Willian Pacho, Joao Neves and former Napoli winger Kvaratskhelia – appears to be bearing fruit domestically and in Europe.

Having already beaten Monaco in the French Supercup in early January, they could end the season with four trophies.